Two general managers are retiring from Gray Media. Laura Long is retiring as the general manager of KNOE in Monroe, Louisiana effective October 4, 2024. In Sherman, Texas, Rick Dean will retire as the general manager of KXII effective December 31, 2024. Long began her television career 35 years ago in Monroe, after earning a…Two […]
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Ron DeSantis’s administration is threatening Tampa NBC affiliate WFLA with legal action for airing an abortion rights campaign ad. The ad features a woman named Caroline who needed an abortion and cancer treatments after a brain tumor diagnosis in 2022, which would be illegal because of Florida’s six-week abortion ban. Orlando Sentinel investigative journalist Jason…Ron
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Todd Phillips’ sequel Joker: Folie a Deux bombed in its box-office debut with an estimated domestic opening of $40 million, well behind expectations, after becoming the the first Hollywood comic book movie in history to earn a D CinemaScore from audiences. (THR / Heat Vision) Those discordant domestic ticket sales were behind initial projections of…Todd
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After more than three decades, Jon Steinlauf is exiting Warner Bros. Discovery. Bruce Campbell, the company’s chief revenue and strategy officer, made the announcement Friday in a note to staff, saying it was the ad sales chief’s choice to leave. (ADWEEK) No replacement was named; the company said it would perform a search to find…After
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Google said Friday that it will stop linking to New Zealand news articles and ditch the agreements it has with local news organizations if the country’s government goes ahead with a law to force tech giants to pay a fair price for content that appears on their feeds. (Reuters) This past July, New Zealand’s government…Google
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CBS News announced Friday that Jericka Duncan will now helm the Saturday edition of CBS Weekend News. Duncan was already the anchor of the Sunday-evening edition of the news broadcast. (TVNewser) Adriana Diaz, who anchored on Saturday, departed last month to co-host CBS Mornings Plus, the new third hour of the network’s morning show, along…CBS
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The European Union’s top court sided with a privacy challenge to Meta’s data retention policies. It ruled Friday that social networks, such as Facebook, cannot keep using people’s information for ad targeting indefinitely. (TechCrunch) “Following this ruling, only a small part of Meta’s data pool will be allowed to be used for advertising–even when users…The
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New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is closing in on a deal to buy The Telegraph for more than GBP550 million ($719.5 million), which would end a 16-month battle for control of the conservative British national newspaper. (FT) Efune is poised to enter exclusive talks with current owner RedBird IMI, Financial Times reported, citing three…New
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TikTok kicked off Advertising Week in New York with a flurry of announcements covering artificial intelligence-powered automated performance tools, enhanced measurement capabilities, and new privacy technologies for advertisers. “TikTok is building for the future,” global head of monetization product solutions and operations David Kaufman said in a statement. “We have been listening, learning, and innovating…TikTok
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Instacart is equipping grocery carts with more ads. The online grocery service is rolling out three new ad formats that appear on the screens built into Instacart’s tech-enabled grocery carts, called Caper Carts. The carts use AI and retailers’ loyalty card programs to serve up personalized offers based on the location and past purchases of…Instacart
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